Posts by confused

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Getting disfellowshipped to marry and return

by confused in

i was just wondering if there is any official rules on dealing with this.

a sister in the congregation is planning to divorce her husband who is also a witness so she can marry a different brother in the same hall!

yes this is a huge scandal!

confused

This isn't about gossip this is about watching two very selfish people who have known each other for about 6 weeks tear 2 families apart.

I am actually very much in the centre of the situation and was actually trying to find a Watchtower article or something to show them that this isn't going to work "Jehovah is not one to be mocked" and all that.

My study days with bound volumes are in the past as I've been inactive for years. Can't make sense of the app for research but people I love are in a lot of pain over this so no it is not idle gossip!!

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Getting disfellowshipped to marry and return

by confused in

i was just wondering if there is any official rules on dealing with this.

a sister in the congregation is planning to divorce her husband who is also a witness so she can marry a different brother in the same hall!

yes this is a huge scandal!

confused

Hi

I was just wondering if there is any official rules on dealing with this.

A sister in the congregation is planning to divorce her husband who is also a witness so she can marry a different brother in the same hall!

Yes this is a huge scandal! The thing is though, the don't plan to leave "the truth". They obviously know they will be dfed but believe they can just get reinstated when they are married in a few months!

Regardless of whether it is the truth or disfellowshipping is right or wrong what this pair are doing is disgusting. The woman who is leaving her husband has 2 young children.

The brother was only reinstated 2 months ago and didn't even know her before then!

Anyway, I'm just wondering if they will ever get reinstated and if there are experiences of this happening eleswhere.

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Russell's aleged freemasonry on JWfacts.com

by NikL in

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paul has written an interesting piece on jwfacts.com .

https://jwfacts.com/watchtower/blog/russell-not-a-freemason.php.

anyway, it jogged my memory and reminded me of something i thought i would pass on to you.back in the late 80s i had the opportunity to chat with ray franz on the phone and i asked him about this very thing.he didn't say yes or no to russel's masonic connection but what he said was something like, "he is buried in the masonic section of the cemetery so draw your own conclusion.

confused

I might be a bit dim but what exactly is a freemason?

11

Voting

by confused in

hi guys,.

i have been told that a while ago there was a watchtower article that said that voting, (i'm in uk) is down to individual conscience.

i always thought it was a judicial matter.

confused

Thank you everyone for your replies. it has been really helpful and clears thinks up. much appreciated.

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Voting

by confused in

hi guys,.

i have been told that a while ago there was a watchtower article that said that voting, (i'm in uk) is down to individual conscience.

i always thought it was a judicial matter.

confused

Hi guys,

I have been told that a while ago there was a Watchtower article that said that voting, (I'm in UK) is down to individual conscience. I always thought it was a judicial matter. Can anyone clarify please?

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1918/1919

by confused in

i haven't been on here for a while so was wondering if anyone can point me to a post discussing why they believe jesus appointed fds at that time and, as it was invisible how do they know?.

regardless of how silly it may be at least they attempt to explain how they arrive at 1914 by using scriptures and calculations.

when it comes to 1919 it seems they are saying it has become clear only retrospectively and are not even attempting to use the bible to back it up.. i'm sure this has all been discussed on here before so would be grateful if someone can send a link or try maybe explain this to me please x.

confused

Thank you very much ToesUp this is perfect.

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1918/1919

by confused in

i haven't been on here for a while so was wondering if anyone can point me to a post discussing why they believe jesus appointed fds at that time and, as it was invisible how do they know?.

regardless of how silly it may be at least they attempt to explain how they arrive at 1914 by using scriptures and calculations.

when it comes to 1919 it seems they are saying it has become clear only retrospectively and are not even attempting to use the bible to back it up.. i'm sure this has all been discussed on here before so would be grateful if someone can send a link or try maybe explain this to me please x.

confused

Hi all,

I haven't been on here for a while so was wondering if anyone can point me to a post discussing why they believe Jesus appointed FDS at that time and, as it was invisible how do they know?

Regardless of how silly it may be at least they attempt to explain how they arrive at 1914 by using scriptures and calculations. when it comes to 1919 it seems they are saying it has become clear only retrospectively and are not even attempting to use the bible to back it up.

I'm sure this has all been discussed on here before so would be grateful if someone can send a link or try maybe explain this to me please x

14

"Marking"

by confused in

please can anyone help me to find any information from society's literature on the subject of marking.

i wasn't aware it was still practiced.

i would like to know how it is explained as being in any way scriptural.

confused

Thank you very much, that was really helpful

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"Marking"

by confused in

please can anyone help me to find any information from society's literature on the subject of marking.

i wasn't aware it was still practiced.

i would like to know how it is explained as being in any way scriptural.

confused

Hi,

Please can anyone help me to find any information from society's literature on the subject of Marking. I wasn't aware it was still practiced. I would like to know how it is explained as being in any way scriptural.

Many thanks

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J.W. Parents Being Conned to Sacrifice Their Kids to the Org!

by The Searcher in

is now really putting the pressure on j.w.

's to "encourage" their pre-pubescent children to "dedicate" themselves to the org by being baptized!.

not only does the bible dismiss such a false directive, the org's own insight book dismisses the suggestion that such young ones are mentally able to make such a decision!

confused

Why do you say they are encouraging children to get baptised?